Hort Courses
- HORT 101 (GN) Horticultural Science (3)
- Introduction to horticulture with emphasis on plant domestication, morphology,classification, world food crops, commodities, gardens, propagation, and agrochemicals.
Effective: Spring 2002
- HORT 131 Herbaceous Perennial and Annual Identification (3)
- Herbaceous and annual plant identification; landscape use of herbaceous perennials and greenhouse and garden annuals.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: BIOL 127, BIOL 110 or HORT 101
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- HORT 137 Ornamental Plant Materials (3)
- Identification and description under fall conditions; discussion of cultural and aesthetic aspects of trees of value in ornamental planting.
Effective: Fall 2003
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- HORT 138 Ornamental Plant Materials (3)
- Identification and description under spring conditions; discussion of cultural and aesthetic aspects of shrubs of value in ornamental plantings.
Effective: Fall 2003
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- HORT 150 (GN) Plants in the Human Context (3)
- An introduction to the many fascinating and vital relationships between plants and human society.
Effective: Summer 2007
- HORT 201 Applied Arboriculture (2)
- Overview of methods used to diagnose problems and provide for the long term care of large trees.
Effective: Spring 2004
Prerequisite: Students must be physically capable of safely handling a running chainsaw and pulling their weight up a rope.
- HORT 202 Plant Propagation (3)
- Principles and practices of asexual and sexual plant propagation.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: BIOL 027, BIOL 110 or HORT 101
- HORT 232 Horticultural Systematics (3)
- Fundamentals of horticultural crop plant classification and systematics. Examples chosen from fruits and vegetables, exclusive of subtropical and tropical fruit.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: HORT 101
- HORT 238 (TURF 238) Turf and Ornamental Weed Control (3)
- Students will be introduced to the development of integrated weed management strategies utilizing a variety of cultural and chemical methods.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: CHEM 110
- HORT 296 Independent Studies (1-18)
- Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 2000
- HORT 297 Special Topics (1-9)
- Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 1986
- HORT 297A (US) Ornamental and Turf Pest Management and Pesticide Handling (2)
- Principles and Practices for Pennsylvania certification in handling, storage, and application of pesticides in management of turf and ornamental pests.
Effective: Spring 2008 Ending: Spring 2008
- HORT 298 Special Topics (1-9)
- Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
- HORT 299 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12)
- Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
- HORT 301 (FOR 301) Principles of Arboriculture (3)
- Overview of the concepts and methods prescribed for the evaluation and care of large trees in urban settings.
Effective: Spring 2004
Prerequisite: BIOL 110 and SOILS 101
- HORT 315 Environmental Effects on Horticultural Crops (3)
- Horticultural plants respond to the environmental factors of light, temperature, water, and fertilizer both in controlled and field environments.
Effective: Spring 1993
Prerequisite: HORT 101, HORT 202
- HORT 352 Flower Arranging (2)
- Floral design beginning with elements and principles of design. Flower arranging techniques as well as different styles of flower arrangements.
Effective: Spring 2001
- HORT 368 Landscape Planting Design (4)
- Basic planting design employing the use of indigenous and ornamental plants as design elements in the man-made environment. Intended for Landscape Contracting majors only.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: HORT 269
- HORT 390 Junior Seminar (1)
- Current issues in horticulture and agriculture.
Effective: Spring 1993
Prerequisite: FIFTH-SEMESTER STANDING
- HORT 402W Plant Nutrition (3)
- Mineral nutrition of higher plants, including nutrient acquisition, transport,metabolism, and practical implications.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: HORT 315 or BIOL 441, SOILS 101
- HORT 407 Plant Breeding (3)
- The scientific principles and techniques of utilizing genetic variability in improving the heredity of plants for specific purposes.
Effective: Spring 2003
- HORT 408 Landscape Plant Establishment and Maintenance (4)
- The principles and practices involved in the establishment of plants in the landscape, and their subsequent maintenance.
Effective: Summer 1998
Prerequisite: HORT 137 or HORT 138; SOILS 101
- HORT 409 Landscape Plant Establishment and Maintenance Laboratory (1)
- Students will actively participate in the practices involved in the establishment of plants in the landscape, and their subsequent maintenance.
Effective: Summer 1998
Prerequisite: HORT 408
- HORT 410W Issues in Landscape Contracting (3)
- This will be a survey of business management, regulatory, and environmental issues facing the landscape contracting profession. Laboratory.
Effective: Summer 1998
Prerequisite: HORT 408
- HORT 412W Post-Harvest Physiology (3)
- Harvesting, handling, storage, and transportation of horticultural crops; primary emphasis on physiological response to pre- and post-harvest environmental factors.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: 6 credits in horticulture or other plant sciences
- HORT 420 Plant Growth Regulators (3)
- Plant growth regulators, their chemical and physical properties; general principles, practices, and applications in regulating plant growth and development.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: BIOL 110 or HORT 101
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- HORT 430W Landscape Maintenance and Management (3)
- Principles and practices in the maintenance and management of landscaped areas.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: HORT 101; HORT 137 or HORT 138
- HORT 431 Small Fruit Culture (3)
- Cultural requirements and production practices of the principal small fruit crops: strawberries, grapes, blueberries, brambles, and cranberries.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: HORT 101, HORT 315
- HORT 432 Deciduous Tree Fruits (3)
- Science, art, and techniques of regulated cropping; orchard designs and management systems.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: HORT 101, HORT 315
- HORT 433 Vegetable Crops (3)
- Cultural requirements of important vegetable crops in conjunction with physiological processes and problems related to commercial production.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: HORT 101, HORT 315
- HORT 440W Plant Water Relations (3)
- Fundamentals of plant water relations including acquisition, transport, conservation, response to drought, measurement of water status, relationship to productivity, interaction with mineral nutrition, and use of equipment.
Effective: Spring 2003
Prerequisite: BIOL 441 or BIOL 446 or permission of department
- HORT 444 Advanced Plant Breeding (4)
- Exploration of the interrelationships of genetic, cytological, physiological, and environmental factors in plant improvement. An individual research project is required.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: HORT 407
- HORT 445 Plant Ecology (3)
- Advanced lectures on plant ecology which stress integration of physiological, population-level and community-level phenomena, and ecology in agriculture.
Effective: Fall 1999
Prerequisite: BIOL 220W, FOR 308 or HORT 315
- HORT 450 Greenhouse Management (3)
- Maintenance and manipulation of the greenhouse production systems including structures, covers, light, temperature, carbon dioxide, water, growing media, fertilizer and greenhouse cost accounting.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: HORT 101, HORT 315
- HORT 453 Flower Crop Production and Management (3)
- Production of greenhouse flower and foliage plants; development of management skills for a greenhouse business.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: HORT 101, HORT 315
- HORT 455 Retail Horticulture Business Management (3)
- The nature, operation, and management of retail horticulture business, emphasizing retail greenhouses, nurseries, and flower shops.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: HORT 131, HORT 137 or HORT 138 ; 3 credits of marketing
- HORT 457 Interior Plantscaping (3)
- Foliage identification, environmental factors affecting plants, concepts of interior plant design, installation and maintenance.
Effective: Summer 2004
Prerequisite: HORT 101; HORT 202 or HORT 250 or HORT 269
- HORT 459 (BIOTC 459) Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology (3)
- Principles and techniques for the in vitro culture, propagation, and genetic manipulations of plant cells.
Effective: Fall 2003
Prerequisite: BIOL 230W ; or B M B 251, B M B 252
- HORT 490 Senior Seminar (1)
- Exploration of the interrelationships of horticulture, science, and society; evaluation of attributes and abilities related to various career opportunities.
Effective: Spring 1993
Prerequisite: HORT 390 seventh-semester standing
- HORT 495 Internship (1-13)
- Supervised off campus experience in a public or commercial horticultural enterprise. Written and oral critique of activity required.
Effective: Fall 1983
Prerequisite: approval of proposed assignment required prior to registration
- HORT 496 Independent Studies (1-18)
- Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
- HORT 497 Special Topics (1-9)
- Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
- HORT 497A (US) (AGECO 497A) Organic Agriculture (3)
- Principles and practices of organic agriculture especially crop production. Prerequisite: AGRO 028 or HORT 101, or advanced crop production coursework.
Effective: Spring 2008 Ending: Spring 2008
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- HORT 497A (US) Organic Vegetable and Small Fruit Production (3)
- This course examines the science, art and practices of organic vegetable and small fruit production. Prerequisite: HORT 101 or AGRO 028, or advanced crop production coursework.
Effective: Fall 2008 Ending: Fall 2008 Future: Fall 2008
- HORT 497B EcoRoof and Living Wall Technology (3)
- This course will examine the origins installation, function and maintenance of green roofs and living walls, and similar green technologies.
Effective: Spring 2008 Ending: Spring 2008
- HORT 498 Special Topics (1-9)
- Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
- HORT 499 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12)
- Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
